creep by

Reality usually creeps in by the end of the evening.

If raised higher, the door should creep upward slowly by itself.

It was sort of juicy to be creeping around the house by herself.

I would not like to be discovered in there creeping about by night.

Dusk was beginning to creep across the sky by the time she got back to the motel room.

I crept into a dark corner by the sideboard, and watched him.

Books in hand, they crept quietly out by way of the tarpaulin.

I didn't relish the idea of creeping through the empty building by myself.

The true explanation crept over me by slow degrees, like a chill coming on.

She crept close into me by way of a reply.